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(Applicatiup filed Feb. 18, 1898,)

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LORIN C. TYLER, OF ALEXANDRIA, OIIIO.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,422, datedSeptember 6, 1898.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORIN C. TYLER, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Alexandria, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and ex act description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to farm-gates and it consists, essentially, of agate com-posed of movable parts adapted to open in either one of twodirections and to be elevated and held at an adjustable angle ofelevation by means of an elongated loop removably placed in engagementwith a notched keeper supported by the gate.

The invention further consists of the details of construction andarrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The primary object of the invention is to produce a gate adapted tobeadjusted to open it in part and permit the passage of various sizes ofstock from one field or inclosure to another or for permitting saidstock to pass out and into an inclosure from a lane or other byway. Afurther object of the invention is to provide means for adjusting thegate to accommodate it to the position of the supports thereof, andthereby sustain the said gate in proper relative position toitshangings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gateshown closed and in normal position; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the gate,showing it raised and the parts adjusted and held in theirelevated position by the sustaining-loop. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectionof the gate and its hangings as shown arranged in Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals of reference areemployed to indicate corresponding parts in the several Views, thenumeral 1 designates the base, having a latch-post 2 and a hinge-post 3vertically rising therefrom and spaced apart at a suitable distance. Thebase 1, however, can be dispensed with and the posts 2 and 3 be embeddeddirectly in the ground. The post 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, isformed with a Application filed February 18, 1898. Serial No. 670,802.(No model.)

recess 4 on the inner face thereof, and the post 3 has L-hangers 5secured thereto in .vertical alinement and at suitable distances fromeach other.

The gate proper comprises a series of 1011- g-itudinally-disposed railsor bars 6, to the uppermost of which is adapted to be attached a flattop rail 7 and at regular intervals braces .7 are pivotally connected tothe said rails or bars 6, being arranged in parallel pairs in verticalplanes, those at the rear end of the gate being heavier and moresubstantial than the others to provide supports forhorizontally-disposed eyes 8, which are movably mounted on the L-hangers5, and by this form of connection the gate is adapted to be swung openin either one of two directions. Between the outer pairs of braces 7 andthe two intermediate rails or bars 6 a latch-bar 9 is slidingly mountedand has an operating-stud or analogousdevice 1O thereon. The outer endof this latch-bar 9 is to be projected from the outer pair of braces 7at the latch end of the gate and engage the recess 4; but while this isa Very simple and preferred form of construction it will be understoodthat other forms of latches may be equally well used. Pivoted to thelower portions of the opposite braces 7, at the latch end of the gate,are the opposite ends of a sustaining-loop 11, having a cross-bar at itsrear end or that endnearest the hinge-post. The sustaining-loop 11 iselongated, and the cross-bar thereof is adapted to engage either one ofa series of notches 12 and 14, the notch 1% being dovetail in form andintended to receive the said sustaining-loop to hold the gate in itsnormal position, while the remaining notches nearest the hinge-post areobliquely positioned and employed to receive the said sustaining-loopand hold the gate in elevated position. The notch 12 ahead of or nearestto the latch end of the'gate is engaged by the sustaining-loop when itis intended that the gate shall be depressed below a horizontal plane.WVhen the gate is in elevated position, as shown in Fig. 2, the braces 7adjacent to the hinge-post 3 remain in a normal position so far asavertical plane is concerned, and the rails or bars 6 slant upwardlytherefrom toward the latchpost, thereby leaving a greater space underthe end near the latch-post The nearer that the sustaining-loop isbrought toward the hinge-post the greater will be, the elevation of thelatch end of the gate, and the several notches are formed in part in theupper edge of the rail or bar 6 next to the topmost rail or bar and areextended or reinforced on opposite sides by strips 15, in which the saidnotches are similarly formed. By this means it will be seen that thesustaining-loop is confined between two rails or bars 6, and,furthermore, it is held between the two sets of braces 7 nearest thehinge-post and is thereby always in convenient position for operationwith the said notches.

As previously set forth, the gate is adapted to be opened in either oneof two directions, and, furthermore, a great convenience arisesinelevating the gate to permit stock of various sizes to pass from oneplace to another, and by this means the gate will serve as a very usefulaccessory in dividing stock and separating the same.

It will also be observed that the parts of the gate generally are verysimple and convenient and that the cost of manufacture is reduced to aminimum, and consequently will be relatively low.

' The gate may be materially modified so long as the salient features ofmovable connection of the parts is preserved, and, furthermore, it isnot actually necessary that the gate open in both directions to have thesustaining-loop operate as it does. The said sustaining-loop and thenotched construction could be equally well applied to gates opening inone direction as Well as in the present form. It is preferable, however,to have the gate open in both directions, and other changes in the minordetails of construction and arrangement of the several parts, as well asthe dimensions and proportions, might be made and substituted for thoseshown and described without in the least departing from the nature orspirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Agate embracing in combination, longitudinally disposed, horizontal bars,and vertical braces, one of the bars having notches formed therein atthe rear portion thereof, reinforcing-pieces on the notched bar, hingesfor supporting the gate, and a sustainingloop having its front endpivoted to the lower front portion of the gate and its other endarranged to engage the notches in the notched bar andreinforcing-pieces, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a gate composed of movably-connected parts andcomprising longitudinally-disposed horizontal bars and vertical braces,the bar next to the topmost bar having notches formed therein at therear portion thereof between the rear braces and the next succeedingones toward the front, reinforce -pieces on the said notched bar, meansfor supporting the gate, and a sustaining-loop having its front endpivoted to the lower portion of the gate and its rear free end confinedin the space over the notched bar by the adjacent braces and theuppermost bar, and adapted to engage the notches in said notched bar,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LORIN O. TYLER.

Vitnesses:

HERBERT THORP, JAMES R. LADD.

